WO2016088995A1 - Method and apparatus for indicating cell splitting pattern - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for indicating a cell splitting pattern to a neighboring base station. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cell splitting of a base station, which is one of active antenna system (AAS) technologies.
- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for instructing a base station to instruct a cell division pattern to a neighboring base station so that the neighboring base station can change and apply Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) parameters.
- AAS active antenna system
- Beamforming is an antenna technology in which energy radiated from an antenna is concentrated in a specific direction in space.
- the purpose of beamforming is to receive a stronger signal from the desired direction or to deliver a signal with more concentrated energy in the desired direction.
- the beamforming system is required to implement various types of beams of high gain for high speed and high capacity of the wireless communication system.
- the beamforming system may be used in high path loss bands such as high-speed transmission / reception communication of a large amount of data to a large number of users, various satellite air communication using a smart antenna such as satellite, aviation, and the like.
- beamforming communication is being studied in various fields such as next generation mobile communication and various radar, military and aerospace communication, indoor and building high speed data communication, wireless local area network (WLAN), and wireless personal area network (WPAN). .
- AAS active antenna technology
- SON technology includes automation functions in the installation and operation of base stations for efficient and reliable network operation, and includes functions such as self-configuration, self-optimization, and self-healing.
- the present invention proposes a method and apparatus for indicating a cell division pattern to a neighboring base station.
- the base station may transmit a message indicating its cell division pattern to the neighbor base station, and the neighbor base station may change and apply a Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) parameter set based on the received cell division pattern.
- MRO Mobility Robustness Optimization
- the message indicating the cell partitioning pattern may be transmitted between the base station and the neighboring base station through an X2 connection, and the cell partitioning pattern may include index information indicating the current cell partitioning pattern or coverage information indicating the shape of the divided cell. Coverage Information).
- a method of instructing a base station instructing a neighboring base station of a cell splitting pattern is provided.
- the method may include performing cell splitting and transmitting coverage information representative of the shape of the currently divided cell of the base station determined by the cell splitting to the neighboring base station.
- the method may further include transmitting, to the neighboring base station, index information indicating the current cell division pattern configured in advance between the base station and the neighboring base station.
- the deactivation of the cell may be indicated in the base station.
- the cell corresponding to the activation and the coverage information of the cell in the base station is determined. It can indicate the shape of the currently divided cell.
- the neighboring base station may further include applying a set of Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) parameters based on the received coverage information.
- MRO Mobility Robustness Optimization
- the set of MRO parameters may vary according to the coverage information.
- the coverage information may be transmitted to the neighboring base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message, or another message, and the index information may be transmitted to the neighboring base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message, or another message. Can be sent to.
- the base station and the neighbor base station may be connected by X2.
- a base station for indicating a cell splitting pattern to a neighboring base station.
- Memory Transceiver; And a processor connecting the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor performs cell splitting, and the coverage information representing the shape of the currently divided cell of the base station determined by the transceiver due to the cell splitting.
- Coverage Information may be configured to control the transmission of the neighbor base station.
- the transceiver may be configured to control further transmitting, to the neighboring base station, Index Information indicating the current cell partitioning pattern preconfigured between the base station and the neighboring base station.
- the deactivation of the cell may be indicated in the base station.
- the cell corresponding to the activation and the coverage information of the cell in the base station is determined. It can indicate the shape of the currently divided cell.
- the coverage information may be transmitted to the neighboring base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message, or another message, and the index information may be transmitted to the neighboring base station via a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message, or another message. Can be sent to.
- the base station instructs the neighboring base station in the cell division pattern and the neighboring base station applies the MRO parameter based on the cell division pattern, thereby reducing handover failure due to cell division.
- FIG 1 shows an LTE system network structure.
- Figure 2 shows the radiation pattern of a half-wave dipole antenna.
- FIG 3 shows a radiation pattern of a circular aperture antenna, such as a satellite receiving antenna.
- FIG. 4 shows a radiation pattern of a linear array antenna.
- FIG. 5 shows a process of obtaining a radiation pattern of the linear array antenna.
- FIG. 6 shows an antenna array arranged in two dimensions.
- 10 to 11 illustrate a pattern of beams generated by a base station when considering conventional electrical tilting.
- FIG. 13 shows a method of transmitting a UE specific beam based on an active antenna.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a method of transmitting a UE specific beam based on a 2D active antenna.
- 16 shows vertical cell division according to user traffic.
- 17 shows two patterns of cell division for explaining efficient cell division.
- FIG. 18 illustrates an embodiment when a base station does not recognize whether a neighboring base station divides a cell when applying an existing method.
- 19 illustrates an embodiment when a base station does not recognize another cell division type of a neighbor base station when an existing method is applied.
- FIG. 20 illustrates a method of indicating a cell division pattern to an adjacent base station by using an X2 interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 21 is a block diagram illustrating a method of indicating a cell division pattern to a neighboring base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 22 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system in which an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.
- CDMA code division multiple access
- FDMA frequency division multiple access
- TDMA time division multiple access
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- CDMA may be implemented by a radio technology such as universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA2000.
- TDMA may be implemented with wireless technologies such as global system for mobile communications (GSM) / general packet radio service (GPRS) / enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE).
- GSM global system for mobile communications
- GPRS general packet radio service
- EDGE enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
- OFDMA may be implemented by wireless technologies such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), and the like.
- IEEE 802.16m is an evolution of IEEE 802.16e and provides backward compatibility with systems based on IEEE 802.16e.
- UTRA is part of a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS).
- 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) is part of evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA), which employs OFDMA in downlink and SC in uplink -FDMA is adopted.
- LTE-A (advanced) is the evolution of 3GPP LTE.
- FIG 1 shows an LTE system network structure.
- Communication networks are widely deployed to provide various communication services, such as voice over IP (VoIP) and packet data via an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS).
- VoIP voice over IP
- IMS IP multimedia subsystem
- the LTE system structure includes an evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), an evolved packet core (EPC), and one or more user equipments (UEs) 10.
- E-UTRAN evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network
- EPC evolved packet core
- UE 10 represents a communication device carried by a user.
- the UE 1 may be fixed or mobile and may be called a mobile station (MS), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a wireless device, or the like.
- the E-UTRAN may include one or more evolved NodeBs (eNBs) 20, and the plurality of UEs 10 may be located in one cell.
- the eNB 20 provides an end point of the user plane and the control plane to the UE 10.
- the eNB 20 is generally a fixed station that communicates with the UE 10 and may be called a base station (BS) or access point.
- BS base station
- One eNB 20 may be arranged for each cell.
- downlink indicates communication from the eNB 20 to the UE
- uplink indicates communication from the UE 10 to the eNB 20.
- the transmitter may be part of the eNB 20 and the receiver may be part of the UE 10.
- the transmitter may be part of the UE 10, and the transmitter may be part of the eNB 20.
- the EPC includes a mobility management entity (MME) and a system architecture evolution (SAE) gateway (S-GW).
- MME mobility management entity
- SAE system architecture evolution gateway
- MME / S-GW 30 may be located at the end of the network and connected to an external network.
- MME / S-GW 30 may simply be called a gateway, but it may be understood that the gateway includes both the MME and the S-GW.
- MME offers a variety of functions. Various functions provided by the MME include non-stratum access (NAS) signaling to the eNBs 20, NAS signaling security, AS security control, node signaling between core networks (CNs) for mobility between 3GPP access networks, and idle mode UE arrival.
- NAS non-stratum access
- AS security control
- CNs core networks
- Availability including control and performance of paging retransmission
- tracking area list management for UEs in idle mode and active mode
- protocol data unit (PDN) gateway for P-GW
- serving gateway S-GW
- MME selection for handover where the MME is changed
- SGSN serving GPRS supporting node
- EWS earthquake and tsunami warning system
- PWS public warning system
- CMAS commercial mobile alert system
- S-GW hosts can perform packet filtering per user (e.g., detailed packet inspection), legitimate eavesdropping, UE Internet Protocol (IP) address assignment, transport level packet marking in the DL, UL and DL service levels. It provides various functions such as service level charging, gating and rate enforcement, DL grade enforcement based on access point name (APN) -aggregated maximum bit rate (AMBR).
- IP Internet Protocol
- An interface for transmitting user traffic or control traffic may be used.
- the UE 10 is connected with the eNB 20 via a Uu interface.
- the eNBs 20 are connected to each other via an X2 interface.
- Neighboring eNBs may have a mesh network structure with an X2 interface.
- a plurality of nodes may be connected via the S1 interface between the eNB 20 and the gateway 30.
- Figure 2 shows the radiation pattern of a half-wave dipole antenna.
- Half-wave dipole refers to a simple antenna consisting of half-wavelength antennas, in which the wires are connected to the center cut portion for cable connection.
- Directional antennas are designed to have gain in one direction and loss in the other.
- Antennas are directional as their size increases. Waves radiated from the antenna travel distantly with directionality and can be controlled more easily given a directional radiation pattern, whether constructive or unconstructed.
- FIG 3 shows a radiation pattern of a circular aperture antenna, such as a satellite receiving antenna.
- a satellite receiving antenna is considered to be a circular surface on which all parts radiate the same electromagnetic waves. 4
- a narrow beam with high gain is located in the center of the radiation pattern.
- the width of the center beam becomes narrower.
- the central beam small beams called side lobes appear.
- the direction of the signal with zero signal strength may be expressed as "nulls".
- the simple directional antenna consists of a linear array of small radiating antenna elements, and the same signal having the same amplitude and phase from one transmitting end is provided to each antenna element. As the overall width of the array increases, the center beam narrows, and as the number of antenna elements increases, the side lobes become smaller.
- FIG. 4 shows a radiation pattern of a linear array antenna.
- the above-described radiation pattern of the linear array may be represented by the product of the radiation pattern of a single antenna and the array factor (AF) indicating the influence of constructive and destructive interference of each antenna signal. That is, the array factor represents a change in the maximum antenna gain according to the beam width.
- FIG. 5 shows a process of obtaining a radiation pattern of the linear array antenna.
- the antenna gain according to the radiation angle may be obtained by multiplying the radiation pattern E r ( ⁇ ) of a single antenna by an array factor.
- the array factor may vary depending on the number of antennas constituting the antenna array, the distance between the antennas, and the weight multiplied by each antenna. Such an array factor may be expressed as Equation 3 below.
- N T is the number of antennas
- w n is the weight of each antenna
- d is the distance between the antennas
- k 2 ⁇ / ⁇ is the wave number
- ⁇ is the angle from the direction of the antenna array
- ⁇ is Represents a phase offset.
- the array factor values are symmetrically drawn based on the direction in which the antenna array is directed.
- the antenna gain of the beam's directing point may be expressed as E r (x) AF (0).
- the beam gain of the part rotated by y degrees with respect to the beam directing point may be expressed as E r (x + y) AF (y).
- the vision region of the AF may shift according to ⁇ applied to the AF, and the final antenna gain is obtained by multiplying the window by the corresponding antenna radiation pattern.
- FIG. 6 shows an antenna array arranged in two dimensions.
- the antennas may be arranged at regular intervals in the horizontal and vertical directions.
- ⁇ represents an azimuth angle and ⁇ represents a vertical angle or a vertical angle.
- dx and dy represent the horizontal and vertical spacing between the antenna elements.
- the AP may be represented by Equation 2 below.
- Equation 2 AF H and AF V may be represented by Equations 3 and 4, respectively.
- the radiation pattern of a single antenna can also be expressed as E r ( ⁇ , ⁇ ) using ⁇ and ⁇ as variables.
- coordinated communication Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP
- base stations may exchange interference information between base stations, and may perform terminal scheduling based on this information.
- the SON is one of important technologies for automatically initializing and managing the small cell as the small cell base station is arranged in a relatively large number compared to the macro base station.
- SON technology provides self-configuration, which automatically sets configuration information for a base station during initial base station installation and operation, self-optimization for management of neighbor cell management and coverage parameters. And self-healing for error detection and healing during operation.
- Self-Configuration function collects and analyzes the parameters necessary for the initial operation of the base station when new or additional base stations are installed, and identifies neighboring base stations, establishes / registers and establishes a core network and It is a function to automate the procedure such as connection establishment.
- Self-Optimization function uses Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) function that minimizes inter-base station interference by utilizing signal and traffic type information between adjacent base stations during base station operation, and detects coverage holes and covers CCO (Coverage) for optimal capacity and coverage.
- IIC Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
- Capacity Optimization function RACH (Random Optimization) function for optimal use of Random Access Channel (RACH), Mobile Load Balancing (MLB) function to balance loads between adjacent base stations, and Radio Link Failure (RLF) during handover Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO), which optimizes handover parameters for minimization, and Energy Saving (ES), a power saving function by minimizing unnecessary base station operating time.
- RACH Random Optimization
- MLB Mobile Load Balancing
- RLF Radio Link Failure
- MRO handover Mobility Robustness Optimization
- ES Energy Saving
- Self-Healing is a function to identify the faults of components that occur during network operation and to recover the elements that can be automatically repaired to solve the errors or to minimize the system impact due to the errors.
- Self-Healing function monitors alarms that occur when equipment failures, collects additional information through measurement or inspection when an alarm occurs, and performs recovery when automatic recovery is possible.
- a software failure with respect to the recovery operation it may be a system initialization, backup software reinstallation, startup of the failover software, download of a new software unit, reconfiguration, and the like.
- a method of operating the backup hardware when there is a spare and a method of operating the reduced performance or function when there is no spare can be considered.
- MRO Mobility Robustness Optimization
- the MRO is a SON operation for automatically optimizing the corresponding handover setting value based on the radio connection failure report and the connection resetting information of the terminal in order to reduce the handover failure occurring in the cell configuration for mobility.
- MRO aims to improve user experience quality and performance by automatically optimizing parameters affecting active mode handover and idle mode cell reselection.
- the MRO generally assumes a fixed cell area, but at least assumes a setting that does not change often. However, if the area is dynamically changed through an active antenna system (AAS), it should be able to be optimized with sufficient time.
- AAS active antenna system
- a typical handover parameter optimization method performed by a mobile service provider is a method of collecting and postprocessing related system logs through driving tests.
- the phenomenon of handover ping-pong, handover failure, RLF, etc. which may be caused by incorrect handover parameter setting, degrades the user's haptic quality and causes waste of network resources. Therefore, the primary goal of MRO is to reduce the number of radio link failures associated with handover.
- the secondary goal of the MRO algorithm is to reduce the inefficient use of network resources due to unnecessary or erroneous handover decisions.
- FIG. 7 shows that the antenna tilting is not performed
- FIG. 8 shows performing mechanical tilting
- FIG. 9 shows performing electrical tilting.
- a base station has used a method of reducing inter-cell interference based on mechanical tilting or electrical tilting and improving signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of terminals in a cell.
- SINR signal to interference-plus-noise ratio
- the mechanical tilting of FIG. 8 has a disadvantage in that the direction of the beam is fixed during initial installation, and the radiation beam is determined because the mechanical tilting angle is determined according to the height of the building and the support of the base station.
- the radiation beam width should be made wide.
- the tilting angle can be changed using an internal phase shift module, but in fact, the vertical beamforming is very limited due to the cell fixed tilting.
- AAS active antenna system
- free vertical beamforming and / or horizontal beamforming may be implemented in preparation for conventional tilting.
- FIG. 10 illustrates a general horizontal beam pattern
- FIG. 11 illustrates a vertical beam pattern when the electric tilting angle is assumed to be 15 °.
- the beam characteristics of an antenna considered or generally known in 3GPP may have the following values.
- the vertical beam width may have 10 ° to 15 ° based on the half power beam width
- the horizontal beam width may have 65 ° to 70 ° based on the HPBW.
- the half power beam width refers to a beam considering 3dB gain attenuation.
- HPBW is a physical quantity that indicates the degree of directivity as a half-difference, and can represent the sharpness (sharpness) of the main lobe. Smaller HPBW may mean that the beam has sharp directivity.
- Using an active antenna it is possible to have a wider beam width than the pattern of beams generated at the base station using electrical tilting.
- an active antenna system is an antenna system in which a radio frequency (RF) module 1200 is coupled to each of passive antennas.
- the active antenna system includes an RF module 1200, that is, an active element in each antenna, so that power and phase for each antenna module can be adjusted.
- the active antenna system not only improves the antenna performance issues (increasing the small antenna effective length, increasing the bandwidth, reducing the mutual coupling and improving the noise component between the array elements, etc.), but also improving the MIC (High integration is possible in conjunction with microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) and monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) technologies, especially in millimeter wave communications systems, where high losses due to transmission lines, limited source power, reduced antenna efficiency, and superior phase performance It can overcome the disadvantages caused by the lack of displacement. Since the RF module 1200 is coupled to each antenna, it is possible to control the antenna for each port so that the antenna can adjust phase and output to suit the communication environment and situation.
- MMIC microwave integrated circuit
- MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
- FIG. 13 shows a method of transmitting a UE specific beam based on an active antenna.
- beamforming may be performed on a target by adjusting a direction of a beam in a corresponding direction with respect to a specific target and adjusting power based on a position of the target.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a method of transmitting a UE specific beam based on a 2D active antenna.
- the base station can perform not only terminal-specific horizontal beam steering but also vertical beam steering considering various terminal heights according to building height. It can be used in a real cell environment where many buildings exist. When there are a plurality of buildings having various heights in a cell, channel characteristics, which are significantly different from the existing wireless channel environment, may be considered. For example, the beam may be steered in consideration of changes in shading / path loss due to height differences, fading characteristics including line of sight (LoS) / non-line of sight (NLoS), direction of arrival (DoA), and the like. Can be.
- LoS line of sight
- NoS non-line of sight
- DoA direction of arrival
- AAS techniques mainly include beam forming, cell shaping, and cell splitting techniques.
- Beamforming does not change the cell area and performs intra-cell RRM while changing the beam in a short time. Therefore, the entire cell area is used as the same PCI, and the beam control is implemented in the base station itself. It is currently contemplated that no further improvement on the self-organizing network (SON) shape is necessary.
- SON self-organizing network
- the cell area is changed over 1 hour or longer using AAS. All cell areas use the same PCI, and the cell change is controlled by OAM (Operations, Administration and Maintenance), and the MRO problem may occur depending on the cell change width.
- OAM Order, Administration and Maintenance
- 16 shows vertical cell division according to user traffic.
- cell sector division can be performed horizontally or vertically, and can be performed dynamically according to time, and can be executed for a few hours in a long time as short as an hour.
- Cell division is set by the OAM and may have an effect on the MRO with respect to the existing SON operation.
- FIG. 16 illustrating a vertical cell division process, when terminals are evenly distributed in a cell, the cell capacity may be increased by dividing the cell into two sectors.
- division occurs according to network load or user service request for an area previously designated by an OAM, not a base station.
- the RAN may send MDT measurement data or statistical data to optimize OAM operation.
- the cell can repeat partitioning and merging, depending on the network situation. In cell division, all scenarios using the same frequency or different frequencies are considered.
- 17 shows two patterns of cell division for explaining efficient cell division.
- cell 1 is divided into two cells, such as cell 2 and cell 3, and that the spatial distribution of traffic is the same in both FIG. 17A and 17B. It is more useful than Fig. 17 (a) in that Fig. 17 (b) distributes the current traffic. In the case of Fig. 17 (b), although Cell 2 and Cell 3 share traffic, in the case of Fig. 17 (a), Cell 2 is rarely used, and Cell 3 has the most load of Cell 1 before cell division. is responsible for the load). In other words, if cell 1 supports various patterns of cell division, cell 1 may select a pattern suitable for cell division based on traffic distribution. Each pattern of cell division may be predefined by the OAM as a set of parameters for cell division.
- an E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier (ECGI) of each divided cell may be used to indicate a different cell division pattern to a neighbor cell.
- the ECGI of each divided cell may be transmitted to a neighbor cell using an X2 procedure (eg, eNB Configuration Update procedure).
- X2 procedure eg, eNB Configuration Update procedure
- FIG. 18 illustrates an embodiment when a base station does not recognize whether a neighboring base station divides a cell when applying an existing method.
- cell 4 is an ECGI of cell 3 Can only receive. Although cell 1 has been split into two cells, since cell 4 only receives one ECGI, cell 4 cannot distinguish whether or not the received ECGI indicates cell division. If the ECGI modification is recognized by the network, a predefined set of MRO parameters for cell division may not apply even if cell division occurs.
- 19 illustrates an embodiment when a base station does not recognize another cell division type of a neighbor base station when an existing method is applied.
- cell 4 when cell division is performed, cell 4 may receive ECGIs of cells 2 and 3 which are neighbor cells. Referring to FIG. 19 (b), as described above, cell 4 may receive ECGI of cells 2 and 3 which are neighbor cells.
- the same set of predefined MRO parameters since the cell division patterns cannot be distinguished when they have the same number of cell divisions, the same set of predefined MRO parameters may be applied. That is, in the above example, the same set of MRO parameters may be applied to FIGS. 19 (a) and (b) even though the cell division patterns are different.
- the present invention proposes a method for solving the above problem.
- FIG. 20 illustrates a method of indicating a cell division pattern to an adjacent base station by using an X2 interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention proposes a method of indicating a cell division pattern to a neighboring base station having an X2 connection with a base station performing cell division.
- the cell division pattern may be defined as any one of a set, a mode, or a case indicating the shape of a splittable cell when cell division is performed.
- the first base station may perform cell division based on the current state of the first base station (eg, spatial distribution of cell load and traffic) (S2010).
- the first base station may provide a cell splitting pattern to the second base station by using a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message (or an eNB Configuration Update Message, an existing message, or a new IE included in a new / existing message) (S2020).
- the Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message (or an eNB Configuration Update Message, an existing message, or a new IE included in a new / existing message) may include at least one of coverage information or index information.
- Coverage information refers to information that can indicate the shape of a cell that is currently partitioned, and index information indicates information indicating a current cell partitioning pattern that is preconfigured and indexed by OAM or between neighboring base stations. Means.
- the messages may include the information of Table 1 described below.
- a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message, or an existing message may include a Coverage Modification List IE indicating a list of cells whose coverage has been changed.
- the coverage change list IE may include the ECGI of the cell whose coverage has been changed.
- the coverage change list IE may include a cell coverage state IE corresponding to the coverage information described above. That is, the cell coverage state IE may indicate the shape of the currently divided cell. When the value of the cell coverage state IE is 0, this indicates that the cell is deactivated. For example, when cell 1 is divided into cell 2 and cell 3 by cell division, the value of the cell coverage state IE for cell 1 may be 0 because cell 1 is deactivated.
- the value of the cell coverage state IE is a value other than 0, it indicates that the cell is activated, and indicates the coverage configuration (that is, the shape of the current cell) of the cell whose current coverage is changed.
- the second base station may update the information of the first base station and apply a set of MRO parameters corresponding to the received cell division pattern (S2030). For each cell division pattern, a set of parameters that change when cell division is activated may be pre-defined by neighboring base stations by OAM.
- 21 is a block diagram illustrating a method of indicating a cell division pattern to a neighboring base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the first base station may perform cell division (S2110).
- the first base station may transmit coverage information representing the shape of the currently divided cell of the first base station to the second base station (S2120).
- an X2 connection may be used between the first base station and the second base station, and the coverage information may be transmitted in a cell splitting pattern indication message, an eNB configuration update message, or an existing message.
- 22 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system in which an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.
- the base station 2200 includes a processor 2201, a memory 2202, and a transceiver 2203.
- the memory 2202 is connected to the processor 2201 and stores various information for driving the processor 2201.
- the transceiver 2203 is connected to the processor 2201 to transmit and / or receive a radio signal.
- the processor 2201 implements the proposed functions, processes, and / or methods. In the above-described embodiment, the operation of the base station may be implemented by the processor 2201.
- the terminal 2210 includes a processor 2211, a memory 2212, and a transceiver 2213.
- the memory 2212 is connected to the processor 2211 and stores various information for driving the processor 2211.
- the transceiver 2213 is connected to the processor 2211 to transmit and / or receive a radio signal.
- Processor 2211 implements the proposed functions, processes, and / or methods. In the above-described embodiment, the operation of the terminal may be implemented by the processor 2211.
- the processor may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, and / or data processing devices.
- the memory may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium and / or other storage device.
- the transceiver may include baseband circuitry for processing wireless signals.
- the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
- the module may be stored in memory and executed by a processor.
- the memory may be internal or external to the processor and may be coupled to the processor by various well known means.
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IE/그룹 명칭 | IE 타입 및 참고 | 의 미 설 명 |
커버리지 변경 리스트(Coverage Modification List) | 커버리지가 변경된 셀의 리스트 | |
> ECGI | ECGI | 수정될 셀의 ECGI(E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier) |
> 셀 커버리지 상태(Cell Coverage State) | 정수(0..15, ...) | - 값이 0인 경우: 셀이 비활성화됨을 지시- 다른 값인 경우: 셀이 활성화됨을 지시하고, 또한 관련 셀의 커버리지 구성(Coverage Configuration)을 지시 |
IE / Group Name | IE type and reference | Meaning of explanation |
Coverage Modification List | List of cells whose coverage has changed | |
> ECGI | ECGI | E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier (ECGI) of the cell to be modified |
Cell Coverage State | Integer (0..15, ...) | -If the value is 0: indicates the cell is deactivated-if the value is different: indicates the cell is activated and also indicates the coverage configuration of the relevant cell |
Claims (15)
- 기지국이 이웃 기지국에게 셀 분할 패턴(Cell Splitting Pattern)을 지시하는 방법에 있어서,A method of instructing a base station to instruct a neighbor splitting cell (Cell Splitting Pattern),셀 분할(Cell Splitting)을 수행하고,Perform cell splitting,상기 셀 분할로 인해 결정된 상기 기지국의 현재 분할된 셀의 모양을 대표하는 커버리지 정보(Coverage Information)를 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송하는 것을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.And transmitting coverage information representative of the shape of the currently partitioned cell of the base station determined by the cell division to the neighboring base station.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 기지국과 상기 이웃 기지국 간에 미리 구성된 현재 셀 분할 패턴을 지시하는 인덱스 정보(Index Information)를 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송하는 것을 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.And transmitting, to the neighboring base station, index information indicating the current cell partitioning pattern preconfigured between the base station and the neighboring base station.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 커버지리 정보의 값이 영(zero)인 경우, 상기 기지국 내에 셀의 비활성화를 지시하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.If the value of the coverage geographic information is zero, instructing cell deactivation in the base station.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 커버리지 정보의 값이 영이 아닌 경우, 상기 기지국 내에 셀의 활성화 및 상기 커버리지 정보에 대응하는 상기 현재 분할된 셀의 모양을 지시하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.And if the value of the coverage information is not zero, indicating the activation of a cell in the base station and the shape of the currently divided cell corresponding to the coverage information.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 이웃 기지국은 수신된 상기 커버리지 정보를 기반으로 MRO(Mobility Robustness Optimization) 파라미터의 집합을 적용하는 것을 더 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.The neighboring base station further comprises applying a set of Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) parameters based on the received coverage information.
- 제 5항에 있어서,The method of claim 5,상기 MRO 파라미터의 집합은 상기 커버리지 정보에 따라 변하는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.And wherein the set of MRO parameters varies according to the coverage information.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 커버리지 정보는 Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, eNB Configuration Update Message 또는 다른 메시지를 통해 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.The coverage information is transmitted to the neighboring base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message or another message.
- 제 2항에 있어서,The method of claim 2,상기 인덱스 정보는 Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, eNB Configuration Update Message 또는 다른 메시지를 통해 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송되는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.The index information is transmitted to the neighbor base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message or another message.
- 제 1항에 있어서,The method of claim 1,상기 기지국과 상기 이웃 기지국은 X2로 연결되어 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 방법.And the base station and the neighboring base station are connected by X2.
- 이웃 기지국에게 셀 분할 패턴(cell splitting pattern)을 지시하는 기지국에 있어서,In the base station for indicating a cell splitting pattern to a neighboring base station,메모리; 송수신기; 및 상기 메모리와 상기 송수신기를 연결하는 프로세서를 포함하되, 상기 프로세서는Memory; Transceiver; And a processor connecting the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor셀 분할(cell splitting)을 수행하고,Perform cell splitting,상기 송수신기가 상기 셀 분할로 인해 결정된 상기 기지국의 현재 분할된 셀의 모양을 대표하는 커버리지 정보(Coverage Information)를 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송하는 것을 제어하도록 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.And the transceiver is configured to control transmission of coverage information representative of the shape of the currently partitioned cell of the base station determined by the cell division to the neighboring base station.
- 제 10항에 있어서, 상기 프로세서는The method of claim 10, wherein the processor is상기 송수신기가 상기 기지국과 상기 이웃 기지국 간에 미리 구성된 현재 셀 분할 패턴을 지시하는 인덱스 정보(Index Information)를 상기 이웃 기지국으로 더 전송하는 것을 제어하도록 구성되는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.And the transceiver is configured to control further transmitting, to the neighboring base station, index information indicating a current cell partitioning pattern preconfigured between the base station and the neighboring base station.
- 제 10항에 있어서,The method of claim 10,상기 커버지리 정보의 값이 영(zero)인 경우, 상기 기지국 내에 셀의 비활성화를 지시하는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.The base station, characterized in that the deactivation of the cell in the base station if the value of the coverage geographic information (zero).
- 제 10항에 있어서,The method of claim 10,상기 커버리지 정보의 값이 영이 아닌 경우, 상기 기지국 내에 셀의 활성화 및 상기 커버리지 정보에 대응하는 상기 현재 분할된 셀의 모양을 지시하는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.And when the value of the coverage information is not zero, indicating the activation of a cell in the base station and the shape of the currently divided cell corresponding to the coverage information.
- 제 10항에 있어서,The method of claim 10,상기 커버리지 정보는 Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, eNB Configuration Update Message 또는 다른 메시지를 통해 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송되는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.The coverage information is transmitted to the neighboring base station through a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, an eNB Configuration Update Message or another message.
- 제 11항에 있어서,The method of claim 11,상기 인덱스 정보는 Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, eNB Configuration Update Message 또는 다른 메시지를 통해 상기 이웃 기지국으로 전송되는 것을 특징으로 하는 기지국.The index information is characterized in that the base station is transmitted to the neighboring base station via a Cell Splitting Pattern Indication Message, eNB Configuration Update Message or other messages.
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